Combining a kinematic fractal source model with hybrid Green's functions to model broadband strong ground motion

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3115-3130

  Ruiz, Javier A ^a,c   Baumont, David ^b   Bernard, Pascal ^a   Berge Thierry, Catherine ^b,d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE AND PHASE CORRECTION; COMPLEX SOURCE MODELING; EMPIRICAL GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; FRACTAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRICAL SPREADING; KINEMATIC APPROACHES; STRONG GROUND MOTION; SYNTHETIC ACCELERATION;

DROPS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FRACTALS; KINEMATICS; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMOLOGY;

GREEN'S FUNCTION;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLIP; STRONG MOTION;

CHUGOKU; HONSHU; JAPAN; YAMAGUCHI [CHUGOKU];

EID: 84888104235     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110135     Document Type: Article

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